gosów

Gosów is a Polish toponym used for several villages in Poland. It is not the name of a single town, but a shared designation that appears in different parts of the country. Each locality called Gosów is a separate settlement with its own local administration within its respective gmina (municipality) and powiat (county) in a given voivodeship.

In Poland, places with the same name are common in different regions, and the exact affiliation of a Gosów—its voivodeship, county, and gmina—varies from one instance to another. The name itself does not imply a specific geographic or administrative identity beyond being a village or small settlement.

The etymology of Gosów is not definitively established. Such toponymic forms are common in Polish geography and may originate from historical landholding patterns, personal names, or other old naming conventions. Because multiple settlements share the name, precise information about a particular Gosów typically requires consulting local administrative records or national registries.

For formal identification, Polish place names are recorded in the Central Statistical Office’s TERYT (National Official Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). This registry provides official data on the location, administrative district, and population of each Gosów. In general, Gosów villages are rural communities characterized by small populations, agricultural activity, and regional architectural features, with variations reflecting the local heritage of their respective regions.